Brooklyn federal prosecutors say Faruq Khalil Muhammed 'Isa was part of a "facilitation network" that helped get Tunisian fighters into Iraq, where they wreaked havoc on American and coalition forces.

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Through his alleged arrangements, 'Isa's got the blood of five servicemen on his hands, the feds say.

The men were killed when a truck bomb exploded at a Mosul base in 2009, leaving a 60-foot crater.

An October trial date is looming, but Judge Roslynn Mauskopf on Tuesday signed off on a request from the sides for a two-month pause in the litigation.

The hope is to hammer out a plea. And if the sides can't hash something out by the end of June, they'll press ahead with a trial that could now start in early 2018.

'Isa faces a maximum of life imprisonment.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Baldwin said the talks were taking some time — and the government also had to weigh the views of the victims' families in its calculations. Defense lawyer Mildred Whalen said her client was "very interested in exploring a negotiated plea."

Isa, 44, was extradited from Canada to Brooklyn. Born an Iraqi Kurd, 'Isa came to Canada in the 1990s under a false identity, court papers said.

In 2015, 'Isa was charged in Brooklyn with conspiracy to murder United States nationals, the murder of the five servicemen and material support to terrorists.